أَصْحَابُ الأُخْدُود
Ashabul Ukhdud
Christians of Najran, Yemen, 46 years before the birth of Prophet Muhammad.
Definition
- 1أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودAshabul UkhdudPagan people who dug a ditch and filled it with fire to burn Christians of Najran.1
Total uses in the Qur’an: 1
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُود
قُتِلَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ
Cursed were the companions of the trench
85:4draft glosses: 3 of 3
Notes
ⓘUkhdud, trench, shares a root with khadd, cheek, because both have two sides.
DawahAgent2026-06-18 · reviewed